'Basidiomycota' definitions:
Definition of 'Basidiomycota'
(from WordNet)
noun
Comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi [syn: Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycotina]
Definition of 'Basidiomycota'
From: GCIDE
- Basidiomycota \Ba*sid`i*o*my*co"ta\, n. pl. (Bot.) [NL., fr. NL. & E. basidium + Gr. ?, ?, fungus.] (Bot.) A large subdivision of the kingdom Fungi coextensive with the phylum Basidiomycetes, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc. Among the classes of the Basidiomycota are: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi).
- Note: In the 1913 Webster, the Basidiomycetes were defined as "co["o]rdinate with the Ascomycetes", and other fungal phyla (the Zygomycota and Deuteromycota) were not mentioned.
- Syn: Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]